WHAT IS MEASURED WHEN WE IDENTIFY ALCOHOLICS BY MEANS OF BLOOD TESTS? RESEARCH NOTE

Positive results have been reported on discriminating between alcoholic and nonalcoholic patients by means of multivariate analysis of blood chemistry. If such tests simply measure accumulated results of excessive drinking, the measured effect would increase with years of severe drinking. Data from records of 460 alcoholics, however, found little or no relationship. The authors suggest the possibility that the blood chemistry results may measure a constitutional vulnerability to alcoholism.

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• Authors:
  • Evenson, R C
  • Frankel, M F
  • Fredland, K E
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 433-436
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE ADDICTIONS
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Marcel Dekker, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0020-773X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholism; Blood alcohol levels; Blood analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Blood tests
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00480872
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM